The Republicans in U.S. Congress gave away traditional sacred Native American land in the U.S. National Forest to be destroyed by copper mining forever. Please sign the petition to repeal the Bill, which was earmaked on the Defense Spending Bill--after the deal had been heard in the Senate 8 times in 10 years, and never passed out of committee.

Senator John McCain—in the pocket of a foreign mining company—has sold out the trust of the American people in giving away National Forest land that was preserved and protected by two Republican Presidents: Eisenhower and Nixon—for only $7,500 contribution in a non-election year!

Here's the reality: Oak Flat Campround in our National forest, now filled with centuries-old oak trees will look like this:

One-man government McCain turned over Oak Flat and Apache Leap for destruction
A bill for this project had been heard in the U.S. Senate 8 times since 2005 and it was never passed out of committee!!

This is what we would be losing because of McCain's personal grudge against the San Carlos Apaches -- it couldn't have been money. Rio Tinto only gave him a mere $7,500 contribution in a non-election year.

Although Obama signed the bill without a blink for $20 billions in earmark projects, the Oak Flat giveaway can be repealed!
Please help the San Carlos Apaches reach that goal by signing petitions that have been created by several groups that emphasize different issues and targeting different officials:

Congress finds as follows: Section 3003 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck'' McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (16 U.S.C. 539p) authorizes approximately 2,422 acres of Forest Service land known as ‘‘Oak Flat'' in the Tonto National Forest in Southeastern Arizona that is sacred to Indian tribes in the region, including the San Carlos Apache Tribe, to be transferred to a mining company called Resolution Copper. That company plans to hold the Forest land privately for a mining project that will result in the physical destruction of tribal sacred areas and deprive American Indians from practicing their religions, ceremonies, and other traditional practices. The mining project will also create significant negative environmental impacts by destroying the area and depleting and contaminating precious water resources.

Please contact the Senators of the Energy and Natural Resource Committee request that they support the Save Oak Flat Act. Contact List: SenatorNRCommittee

“Run coal!” was the signature command Donald Blankenship issued to underlings when he reigned as the fearsome baron of Big Coal in the mines of Appalachia . His mantra of profits above all else is at the core of the current criminal trial of Mr. Blankenship on charges of conspiring to violate health and safety laws, and scheming to foil mine investigators in connection with the Upper Big Branch mine explosion that killed 29 coal miners more than five years ago in Raleigh County, W.Va. (read more)

Praise for nature--the experience of living in a National Forest and honoring the trees, flowers, birds and wildlife! Take a retreat in the woods to rejuvenate your spirit! No time-- take one vicariously by reading this book and get inspired to take your own experiment in nature! You will get ideas of what you can do, look for and experience when you do have time to take a retreat in the woods for the restoring of your soul, your peace of mind, and energy! Nature never complains!